TSSD processes human waste for nine cities. It saves money by mixing the solid waste from this process with natural debris to make compost. It saves Utah County the cost of hauling it off to a dump or other approved location.
American Fork, Pleasant Grove and several businesses say foul smell from the compost is a $425 million problem
The small drifts for several miles into nearby business parks and neighborhoods where homeowners and business clients complain about the stench.
“I don’t like to be outside that much if it smells like that. I like to be inside or be a home,” said Afa Balu who works at North Point Business Park.
He says on hot days the smell is unavoidable when the wind is blowing from the direction of the compost site. He walks inside to get away from the smell, but the air conditioning isn’t able to filter out the smell in his workspace.
About a mile away, people who live at Bella Monet say the sell can be unbearable.
“It can get really bad. You have to close all the windows and the doors,” said Julie Colby.
She’s a mother of five children who like to play outside. She says it’s frustrating to bring everyone inside on a good day because of the smell, which happens about once a month during the summer.
ABC 4 contacted the District Manager for Timpanogos Special Service District, Jon Adams who said he paid $5.5 million two years ago to cover the 14 piles of compost with gor-tex, which is only removed at night to stir the compost.
Business leaders and neighbors say this step reduced the smell, but did not fix the problem.
“It’s been over a decade not. They need to so something about it. I hope they’re not going to raise our taxes to rake care of that problem,” said Balu.
The notice of claim against TSSD was filed May 23, 2012. ABC 4 is waiting for a response from Adams.
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